Harold's Florentine Salad Dressing

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 quarts lemon juice, bottled
• 2 tablespoons garlic powder (make sure it's fresh!)
• 3 cups onions, ground up (i use the food processor)
• 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
• 3 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup salt
• 1 gallon canola oil

Recipe

• 1 split all ingredients in half (have them ready at hand) and make half a batch at a time.
• 2 pour the lemon juice and garlic powder in the kitchen-aide mixing bowl and, with the wire whip attachement, blend on setting #2 until the powder is completely dissolved, (about 5 minutes).
• 3 add the onions (and any juice), cayenne pepper, sugar, and salt. blend on setting #2 for at least 20 minutes. gradually add the oil as it is blending and continue to mix for the full 20 minutes (30 is better).
• 4 in a large container, mix the two batches of dressing together. stir continually as you bottle the dressing in smaller containers.
• 5 refrigerate until use -- always serve very cold on chilled salads.